Firms

Earlybird Venture Capital

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Earlybird Venture Capital is a pan-European venture capital firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The firm backs technology companies across all growth and development phases, with a focus on AI, deep tech, enterprise software, fintech, and healthcare, managing €2.5 billion in assets under management.

Founded: 1997
Type: Venture capital

Funds3

E2D2026-06-182026-06-18—
EUR 500m target; first close planned June 30, actual amount/final close unverified. Earlybird and AVP advisers; July 21 Airbus anchor/first investment not proof of final close. Adviser association, not sole manager.
Earlybird Fund VIII2026-04-302026-04-30€360M
Closed oversubscribed early-stage technology fund; distinct from platform EUR 2.5bn AUM.
Earlybird Health II2024-02-142024-02-14€173M
Final close; independently managed healthcare vehicle spanning early development through near approval/commercialisation.

Team

Investments

team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
Investment-fund research reviewed 2026-10-06. Publicly identified funds, dates, amounts and fundraising status are below. Undisclosed commitments remain unknown; this is not a complete register of private SPVs or parallel entities. Fund sizes and investment stages | Vehicle / metric | Amount and status | Dated evidence and interpretation | | --- | --- | --- | | Early-stage Fund VIII | **€360 million; closed, oversubscribed** | Official [Fund VIII announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/fund-viii-a-%E2%82%AC360m-commitment-to-europe%E2%80%99s-future-builders), 2026-04-30. Latest-known closed core technology fund identified. Focus: AI applications, software infrastructure/foundation models and deep tech. [Tech.eu corroboration](https://tech.eu/2026/04/30/earlybird-closes-eur360m-fund-viii-doubling-down-on-deeptech-and-long-term-ownership), 2026-04-30. | | Earlybird Health II | **€173 million; final close** | Official [Health II release](https://earlybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Press-Release_Earlybird-Health-II_EN_v2.pdf), 2024-02-14. Independently managed healthcare vehicle; early development through advanced technologies nearing approval/commercialisation. Digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, R&D tools and biopharma. Latest-known closed health fund found. | | E2D, with AVP | **€500 million target; final-close amount unverified** | Official [launch announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/avp-and-earlybird-launch-e2d-a-%E2%82%AC500m-european-dual-use-and-defence-growth-fund), 2026-06-18, explicitly identifies the target and prospective June 30 first close. Growth-stage dual-use/defence strategy; about 20 companies and average €25 million tickets. Earlybird and AVP serve as advisers. | | E2D subsequent milestone | Anchor LP and first investment announced; no verified €500 million final close | Official [Airbus Defence and Space announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/avp-and-earlybird-welcome-airbus-defence-and-space-as-anchor-lp-in-e2d), 2026-07-21, adds Airbus as anchor and Alta Ares as first investment. Do not convert the vehicle headline into a closed-fund amount. | | Platform AUM | **€2.5 billion**, aggregate | Official [homepage](https://earlybird.com/), undated, accessed 2026-10-06. AUM across strategies is not the size of Fund VIII, Health II, available dry powder or annual deployment. | The [official homepage](https://earlybird.com/), accessed 2026-10-06, explicitly states **pre-seed to Series A**, initial tickets **up to €12 million**, and displays a 20% pre-seed / 60% seed / 20% Series A mix. This is a current website statement, not a guaranteed allocation for every fund or a minimum cheque. Later-stage follow-ons and healthcare investments should not broaden the core first-investment mandate without preserving strategy attribution. The [Vision Lab page](https://earlybird.com/vision-lab), undated, accessed 2026-10-06, describes a migrant-founder pre-seed incubator/impact fund with €25,000 convertible loans; that is a programme ticket, not its total fund size. A separate Growth Opportunity Fund is mentioned in official recruiting material, but a reliable current size was not established. Funds recorded in Adex after this review: | Fund | Disclosed amount | Announcement / filing date | | --- | --- | --- | | Earlybird Health II | EUR 173000000 | 2024-02-14 | | Earlybird Fund VIII | EUR 360000000 | 2026-04-30 | | E2D | Undisclosed / unverified | 2026-06-18 |
team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / EarlybirdVentureCapital / sha256:bac3a9234c63e5e941751411a82da7e2dff2dba8c5899942b99de266871b8eeb / part 2 of 2 Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats. | **Neuracore** | Robot-learning data infrastructure for multimodal sensors and vision-action-language models; enabling infrastructure for physical AI, with a weaker hardware/R&D boundary than the examples above. | Official [investment rationale](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/backing-neuracore-reinventing-data-infrastructure-for-robotics), **2025-11-27**, says Earlybird led pre-seed. [Tech.eu financing report](https://tech.eu/2025/11/27/neuracore-raises-3m-to-power-next-gen-robots-and-open-robotics-research/), same date, confirms **$3 million pre-seed** led by Earlybird. This is robotics/AI infrastructure, not verified human neural-interface technology. | ## Neurotech evidence and exclusions **Axon Therapies / Axon Vascular Europe: verified peripheral/autonomic nerve intervention.** The company-issued [funding release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/axon-therapies-raises-32m-in-oversubscribed-series-a-to-transform-heart-failure-treatment-302567496.html), **2025-09-25**, names Earlybird Venture Capital and Santé Ventures as new co-leads of its **$32 million Series A**. Its catheter-based Satera system performs splanchnic ablation to reduce overactive sympathetic nervous-system signalling in heart failure. This is direct nerve-targeting medical technology, categorised here as peripheral neuromodulation/neurocardiovascular therapy, rather than a brain-computer interface. The announcement names Earlybird partner John Yianni and identifies Axon Vascular Europe Ltd as its newly established UK headquarters. The [Earlybird 2025 review](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/long-on-europe-reviewing-2025-at-earlybird), **2025-12-17**, includes Axon Vascular Europe under Earlybird Health's new investments. Treat these as related group entities, not automatically two separate investments. **No verified brain-interface or brain-stimulation investment found in the sources checked.** Searches covered official Earlybird portfolio/perspectives, healthcare material, and named INBRAIN, CorTec, cerbomed and neurostimulation leads. This limited search does not prove an absence of investments. **INBRAIN attribution conflict:** Several secondary marketing/aggregator pages claim Earlybird invested in INBRAIN's $50 million Series B. The primary [INBRAIN announcement hosted by imec](https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/inbrain-neuroelectronics-raises-50m-series-b-advance-graphene-based-brain-computer-interface), **2024-10-29**, instead lists lead imec.xpand, new EIC Fund/Fond ICO Next Tech/CDTI-Innvierte/Avançsa, and existing Asabys/Aliath/Vsquared. Earlybird is not named. That list cannot prove every possible shareholder absent, but it fails to support an Earlybird investment or lead role. Do not add INBRAIN without stronger evidence. **Neuracore classification conflict:** Earlybird's December 2025 review uses neuro-computing/brain-inspired language, but its more specific November investment rationale and [company portfolio description](https://earlybird.com/companies/neuracore), accessed 2026-10-06, describe robotics data/learning infrastructure. Do not count this as direct neurotech merely because of its name or broad promotional wording. Oculis has an Earlybird investment history and ophthalmic/neuroprotective drug programmes, but this review does not classify neuroscience drug development as direct neural-interface technology. CorTec/cerbomed search matches did not yield reliable firm attribution and are not accepted investments here. ## Attribution, gaps and later Adex review - Earlybird is a brand/platform spanning independently managed strategies. The [official imprint](https://earlybird.com/imprint), undated, accessed 2026-10-06, explicitly says the website entity does not make investment decisions; affiliates or brand licensees do. Public “Earlybird” attribution usually establishes platform participation but not the exact legal fund. - Digital East separated in 2024 and became Bek Ventures. [Tech.eu restructuring report](https://tech.eu/2024/08/23/earlybird-vc-exercises-its-entrepreneurial-spirit-with-restructure/), **2024-08-23**, describes independent partnerships and forthcoming brand separation; [Vestbee rebrand report](https://www.vestbee.com/insights/articles/bek-ventures-raises-250-m-fund), **2024-11-13**, confirms Bek's $250 million Fund III. Do not attribute that fund, current Bek team mandates or all historical Digital East deals to current Earlybird technology management. - Review snapshot team roles against current teams; the snapshot contains multiple Dr./non-Dr. variants for partners and members historically associated with separate strategies. No person-record deduplication or employment changes were made. - Suggested review fields: dated Fund VIII €360 million closed; independently managed Health II €173 million closed; €2.5 billion aggregate AUM; pre-seed/seed/Series A core focus; up-to-€12 million initial ticket cap, without inferring a minimum; E2D €500 million target with AVP/adviser attribution. - Review QuantumDiamonds duplicate company/round records and replace unknown-stage/amount ambiguity with Series A **€15 million equity**, separately noting the €76 million non-dilutive component. Review Bayshore aliases separately; no final merge is recommended solely from names. - Axon is the strongest verified nerve-targeting investment found; retain peripheral/autonomic versus central-brain classification and Earlybird Health context. Neuracore should remain robotics/AI; INBRAIN should remain unverified. - Fund VIII and Health II are latest-known verified closes, not a guarantee that no newer unpublicised vehicle exists. E2D first-close amount, Growth Opportunity Fund size, individual investment cheques, ownership stakes and exact legal investment vehicles remain missing. This is a focused set of substantiated examples, not a comprehensive portfolio audit. All linked web sources were accessed **2026-10-06**. Publication dates are attached above where available; undated live pages can change. Company/firm releases provide primary attribution but their technology and impact claims are issuer statements, not independent technical validation.
team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / EarlybirdVentureCapital / sha256:bac3a9234c63e5e941751411a82da7e2dff2dba8c5899942b99de266871b8eeb / part 1 of 2 Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats. # Earlybird Venture Capital - **Exact Adex ID:** `EarlybirdVentureCapital` - **Canonical Adex URL:** https://adex.page/firms/EarlybirdVentureCapital - **Research date:** 2026-10-06 - **Status:** complete research note; findings require later Adex review, with no database changes made. Earlybird is a European technology venture platform founded in 1997. Its current core technology mandate is pre-seed through Series A; healthcare and growth strategies operate separately. Verified deep-tech exposure includes quantum sensing, trapped-ion quantum computing, launch vehicles and laser fusion. Axon Therapies provides verified peripheral/autonomic nerve-intervention exposure. No brain-interface or brain-stimulation investment was verified in this review. Several online claims connecting Earlybird to INBRAIN are unsupported by the investee's financing announcement. ## Starting evidence: Adex and NFX Signal The exact saved record is in `_sources/EarlybirdVentureCapital.adex.json`, retrieved 2026-10-06 at 19:29:36 UTC from read-only Adex MCP Search. Its description gives 1997 founding, Berlin headquarters, pan-European coverage, broad technology/healthcare focus and €2.5 billion AUM. It leaves check minimum, maximum and sweet spot null. It contains firm-attributed investment records for Quantum Diamonds, Bayshore, Conxai, Rivia and Vertical Compute, among others, as well as many partner roles. Snapshot provenance points to the official team page, NFX and Goldi.ai; these starting claims are not independently verified merely by being in Adex. The snapshot includes both `QuantumDiamonds` and `QUANTUMDIAMONDSGMBH` records for the same 2026-07-09 announcement, and `Bayshore`/`BayshoreAI` entries for the same 2026-06-02 financing. These warrant identity/round deduplication review. The Vertical Compute record labels its 2026 transaction Series B; this note does not independently confirm that classification. [NFX firm profile](https://signal.nfx.com/firms/earlybird-venture-capital), accessed 2026-10-06: direct opening returned an internal error. Search-index text was available and showed pre-seed, seed and Series A sector rankings spanning AI, cloud infrastructure, energy/climate and digital health. These are profile/ranking tags, not proof of fund mandates or completed deals. [NFX Michael Schmitt profile](https://signal.nfx.com/investors/michael-schmitt), directly read 2026-10-06, lists a $100,000–$5 million investment range, $1.5 million sweet spot and €350 million current fund size; it lists personal investment history including ai-coustics. Its title varied between indexed “Venture Partner” and direct “Partner.” The €350 million figure is stale relative to verified Fund VIII below. Do not copy this personal range/history wholesale to the firm's profile or infer current-firm attribution from it. ## Fund sizes and investment stages | Vehicle / metric | Amount and status | Dated evidence and interpretation | | --- | --- | --- | | Early-stage Fund VIII | **€360 million; closed, oversubscribed** | Official [Fund VIII announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/fund-viii-a-%E2%82%AC360m-commitment-to-europe%E2%80%99s-future-builders), 2026-04-30. Latest-known closed core technology fund identified. Focus: AI applications, software infrastructure/foundation models and deep tech. [Tech.eu corroboration](https://tech.eu/2026/04/30/earlybird-closes-eur360m-fund-viii-doubling-down-on-deeptech-and-long-term-ownership), 2026-04-30. | | Earlybird Health II | **€173 million; final close** | Official [Health II release](https://earlybird.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Press-Release_Earlybird-Health-II_EN_v2.pdf), 2024-02-14. Independently managed healthcare vehicle; early development through advanced technologies nearing approval/commercialisation. Digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, R&D tools and biopharma. Latest-known closed health fund found. | | E2D, with AVP | **€500 million target; final-close amount unverified** | Official [launch announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/avp-and-earlybird-launch-e2d-a-%E2%82%AC500m-european-dual-use-and-defence-growth-fund), 2026-06-18, explicitly identifies the target and prospective June 30 first close. Growth-stage dual-use/defence strategy; about 20 companies and average €25 million tickets. Earlybird and AVP serve as advisers. | | E2D subsequent milestone | Anchor LP and first investment announced; no verified €500 million final close | Official [Airbus Defence and Space announcement](https://earlybird.com/perspectives/avp-and-earlybird-welcome-airbus-defence-and-space-as-anchor-lp-in-e2d), 2026-07-21, adds Airbus as anchor and Alta Ares as first investment. Do not convert the vehicle headline into a closed-fund amount. | | Platform AUM | **€2.5 billion**, aggregate | Official [homepage](https://earlybird.com/), undated, accessed 2026-10-06. AUM across strategies is not the size of Fund VIII, Health II, available dry powder or annual deployment. | The [official homepage](https://earlybird.com/), accessed 2026-10-06, explicitly states **pre-seed to Series A**, initial tickets **up to €12 million**, and displays a 20% pre-seed / 60% seed / 20% Series A mix. This is a current website statement, not a guaranteed allocation for every fund or a minimum cheque. Later-stage follow-ons and healthcare investments should not broaden the core first-investment mandate without preserving strategy attribution. The [Vision Lab page](https://earlybird.com/vision-lab), undated, accessed 2026-10-06, describes a migrant-founder pre-seed incubator/impact fund with €25,000 convertible loans; that is a programme ticket, not its total fund size. A separate Growth Opportunity Fund is mentioned in official recruiting material, but a reliable current size was not established. ## Named previous deep-tech investments Amounts below refer to whole company financing rounds or funding packages, not Earlybird's contribution. “Deep tech” is this review's technology assessment, grounded in the cited descriptions. | Company | Technology rationale | Firm attribution, timing and financing evidence | | --- | --- | --- | | **QuantumDiamonds** | Diamond quantum sensors for non-destructive semiconductor chip inspection; physical quantum-sensing hardware. | Company [Series A announcement](https://www.qd-st.com/press/series-a), **2026-07-09**, explicitly includes existing investor Earlybird. The **€91 million package comprises €15 million equity and €76 million non-dilutive support**; World Fund leads equity. Do not record €91 million as purely venture equity. An official [Earlybird LinkedIn announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/earlybird-venture-capital_ebvcgang-vc-sensortechnology-activity-7134844074334785536-DUbq), November 2023, also describes €7 million seed co-led by IQ Capital and **Earlybird-X**. Preserve that sub-strategy attribution. | | **eleQtron** | Full-stack trapped-ion quantum computers using microwave-based control, rather than ordinary software. | Official [company release](https://eleqtron.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/eleQtron-pm-20221107-euroaeisches-funding-en.pdf), **2022-11-07**, says Earlybird backed the company in early 2022 alongside Siegerlandfonds. It also discusses more than €82 million of DLR supply contracts: those are procurement awards, not the venture round or Earlybird investment amount. Exact equity cheque and initial round total not established here. | | **Isar Aerospace** | Orbital launch vehicles and associated manufacturing/propulsion engineering. | Company [Series B release](https://isaraerospace.com/press/isar-aerospace-raises-over-usd-90m-in-europes-largest-spacetech-funding-round), **2020-12-09**: **$91 million / €75 million**, led by Lakestar, substantial participation by existing Earlybird and Vsquared. Company [Series C extension release](https://isaraerospace.com/press/isar-aerospace-extends-series-c-to-over-eur-220m-with-strong-commitment-from-nato-innovation-fund), **2024-06-20**, again names Earlybird among participating existing investors, with the extended Series C exceeding €220 million. | | **Marvel Fusion** | Short-pulse laser fusion with proprietary fuel targets; research-intensive energy technology. | Official [Earlybird portfolio page](https://earlybird.com/companies/marvel-fusion-gmbh), undated, accessed **2026-10-06**, gives **invested 2022**, company founded 2019, and investment team Hendrik Brandis. The technology-fund announcement also identifies this historical backing. Specific round amount and legal investing vehicle were not established from this page. |
team@apexlogos.ai22 days ago
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Florent Gros Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	$1M$100K – $5M	Antwerp, Belgium
John Yianni Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Belgium
Christoph Massner Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Fabian Heilemann Earlybird Venture Capital, general_partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Philipp Semmer Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Paul Klemm Earlybird Venture Capital, general_partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Germany
Roland Manger Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Germany
Mehmet Atici Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	London
Lionel Carnot Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	$1M$100K – $5M	Switzerland
Christian Nagel Earlybird Venture Capital, managing_partner	—$100K – $1M	Berlin, Germany
Mazzilli Alessandra Earlybird Venture Capital, principal	—$580K – $2M	Berlin, Germany
Michael Schmitt Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Moritz Schollaehn Earlybird Venture Capital, principal	—$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Natalia Ahmadian Earlybird Venture Capital, analyst	—$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Nicole Schepanek Earlybird Venture Capital, venture_partner	—$500K – $4M	Berlin, Germany
Rolf Mathies Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Tim Rehder Earlybird Venture Capital, general_partner	—$100K – $5M	Berlin, Germany
Frédéric du Bois-Reymond Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Johannes Triebs Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Marieke Gehres Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Paulina Lutz Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Rabab Nasrallah Earlybird Venture Capital, principal	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Stephan Rauscher Earlybird Venture Capital, venture_partner	—$100K – $5M	Germany
Moritz Belling Earlybird Venture Capital, principal	—$100K – $5M	Hamburg
Can Gemici Earlybird Venture Capital, associate	—$100K – $5M	Istanbul
Oguzhan Ozer Earlybird Venture Capital, principal	—$100K – $5M	Istanbul
James Bennett Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	—$100K – $5M	London
Philip Haibach Earlybird Venture Capital, advisor	—$25K – $100K	London
Andre Retterath Earlybird Venture Capital, general_partner	—$100K – $5M	Munich, Germany
Hendrik Brandis Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$100K – $5M	Munich, Germany
Laurin Class Earlybird Venture Capital, investor	—$100K – $5M	Munich, Germany
Marie-Thérèse von Buttlar Earlybird Venture Capital, investor	—$100K – $5M	Munich, Germany
Michael Hoeck Earlybird Venture Capital, venture_partner	—$100K – $5M	Munich, Germany
Dominik Nowak Earlybird Venture Capital, unknown	—$250K – $750K	Paris, France
Laurent Le Portz Earlybird Venture Capital, venture_partner	—$100K – $5M	Paris, France
Dan Lupu Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$100K – $5M	Romania
Gregor Matthies Earlybird Venture Capital, venture_partner	—$100K – $5M	Switzerland
Akash Bajwa Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Alina Bassi Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Anna Andersson Earlybird Venture Capital, Head of Community & Events	—— – —
Ben Wilkening Earlybird Venture Capital, Vision Lab Partner	—— – —
Benedetta Montani Earlybird Venture Capital, Fund Management	—— – —
Cecile Roulet-Veli Earlybird Venture Capital, People Operations Manager	—— – —
Charlotte Zietlow Earlybird Venture Capital, Office Manager & Team Assistant	—— – —
Daniel Molnar Earlybird Venture Capital, Senior Analytics Engineer	—— – —
David Kozisek Earlybird Venture Capital, IT Officer	—— – —
Dr. Andre Retterath Earlybird Venture Capital, General Partner	—— – —
Dr. Christian Nagel Earlybird Venture Capital, Co-Founder and General Partner	—— – —
Dr. Frédéric du Bois-Reymond Earlybird Venture Capital, Venture Partner	—— – —
Dr. Hendrik Brandis Earlybird Venture Capital, Co-Founder and General Partner	—— – —
Dr. Moritz Belling Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Elisheva Marcus Earlybird Venture Capital, VP Communications	—— – —
Elle Mills Earlybird Venture Capital, Investor Relations	—— – —
Eugene Berson Earlybird Venture Capital, Catalyst	—— – —
Folley Ogundele Earlybird Venture Capital, Catalyst	—— – —
Gabriel Schnabel Earlybird Venture Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Hemini Mistry Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Jan Riethmayer Earlybird Venture Capital, VP Engineering	—— – —
Jay Anna Harris-Theis Earlybird Venture Capital, VP Portfolio Excellence	—— – —
Jean Paul Buján Earlybird Venture Capital, New Media & Platform	—— – —
Jochen Küst Earlybird Venture Capital, Operating Partner & CFO	—— – —
Johannes Ziegler Earlybird Venture Capital, Chief Risk Officer	—— – —
Jurate Juchimenkaite Earlybird Venture Capital, Investor Relations	—— – —
Konstantin Guericke Earlybird Venture Capital, partner	—$0 – $0
Laura Waldenstrom Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Meryem Loukili Earlybird Venture Capital, Fund Controller	—— – —
Michaela Erskine Earlybird Venture Capital, Team Assistant	—— – —
Nancy Michel Earlybird Venture Capital, Senior Accountant	—— – —
Natalie Hyna Earlybird Venture Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Nikita Yurasov Earlybird Venture Capital, Senior Software Engineer, Data	—— – —
Nina Mayer Earlybird Venture Capital, Principal	—— – —
Patricia Röder Earlybird Venture Capital, Fund Management	—— – —
Paul-Christoph Altunay Earlybird Venture Capital, Investment Team	—— – —
Rali Serafimova Earlybird Venture Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Samantha Wessels Earlybird Venture Capital, Catalyst	—— – —
Sascha Kazmierczak Earlybird Venture Capital, Office Manager	—— – —
Sebastian Schaum Earlybird Venture Capital, Head of Finance	—— – —
Siobhán O'Reilly Earlybird Venture Capital, Catalyst	—— – —
Stefano Gonelle Ribas Earlybird Venture Capital, Investment Team	—— – —
Theresa Bruckner Earlybird Venture Capital, Head of People & Culture	—— – —
Tilen Kegl Earlybird Venture Capital, Catalyst	—— – —
Umberto Belluzzo Earlybird Venture Capital, Investment Team	—— – —
Vivian Spohr Earlybird Venture Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —

€15M2026-07-09	Quantum Diamonds	Earlybird Venture Capital, IQ Capital
$8M2026-06-02	Bayshore AI	Earlybird Venture Capital
$8M2026-06-02	Bayshore	Earlybird Venture Capital, Paul Klemm
$—2026-04-07	Conxai	Earlybird Venture Capital
$15M2026-03-18	Rivia	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest, Estelle Botbol
$—2026-03-04	Vertical Compute	Earlybird Venture Capital, Cherry Ventures, Speedinvest
$13M2026	KORIAL	Earlybird Venture Capital
$300M2025-12-01	BFL	Bain Capital, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, BroadLight Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Samsung Next, Salesforce Ventures, Creandum, Bain Capital Ventures, General Catalyst, S32, Cherry Ventures, Lux Capital, Northzone, Notion Capital, Section 32
$3M2025-11-27	Neuracore	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-11-20	NcodiN	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-10-15	SLNG	Earlybird Venture Capital
$32M2025-09-25	Axon	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-07-01	TopK	Earlybird Venture Capital, Kaya VC
$35M2025-06-30	Portal Biotech	8VC, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-06-13	Riiico	Earlybird Venture Capital
$13M2025-05-26	SpAItial	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest
$—2025-03-13	Tasty Urban GmbH	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-02-26	Flanks	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2025-01-22	Matchory	Earlybird Venture Capital
$34M2024-12-23	GEMMABio	Earlybird Venture Capital, Florent Gros
$—2024-12-13	eyva	Earlybird Venture Capital
$110M2024-12-12	Upvest	Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Notion Capital, Charles Birnbaum, Alex Ferrara, Patrick Norris
$—2024-12-04	Briefcase	Earlybird Venture Capital
€62M2024-09-25	Marvel Fusion	HV Capital, b2venture, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024-08-22	Tilt	Balderton Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital
$30M2024-06-25	Hive	Earlybird Venture Capital
$60M2024-05-30	FintechOS	Earlybird Venture Capital, Dan Lupu
$16M2024-05-30	EthonAI	General Catalyst, Earlybird Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Founderful
$16M2024-05-30	Ethon AI	General Catalyst, Earlybird Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Founderful
$—2024-05-29	FAIRCADO	General Catalyst, Earlybird Venture Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Accel, Lightspeed, World Fund, Blackhorn Ventures, Northzone
$—2024-05-28	NcodiN	Elaia, Earlybird Venture Capital
$3M2024-05-28	FAIRCADO	General Catalyst, Earlybird Venture Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Accel, Lightspeed, World Fund, Blackhorn Ventures, Northzone
$50M2024-05-23	Grey Wolf Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital
$4M2024-04-30	Ceartas	Earlybird Venture Capital, 10x Founders
$—2024-04-18	AIPERIA	ETF Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024-04-16	finmid	Earlybird Venture Capital
$24M2024-04-15	finmid	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024-04-09	Prothea	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024-03-24	Greenlyte Carbon Technologies	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024-03-14	Neotaste	Earlybird Venture Capital
€10M2024-03-06	Greenlyte Carbon Technologies	Earlybird Venture Capital, Partech
$38M2024-03-04	Shape Memory Medical	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024	EthonAI	General Catalyst, Earlybird Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Founderful
$8M2023-11-27	Quantum Diamonds	Earlybird Venture Capital, IQ Capital, Philipp Semmer
$7M2023-11-13	Shekel Mobility	Y Combinator, Earlybird Venture Capital, Pioneer Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Form Ventures
$—2023-10-23	Nortech AI	Earlybird Venture Capital
$8M2023-10-17	Flanks	Earlybird Venture Capital, Tim Rehder
$165M2023-03-28	Isar Aerospace	Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Lakestar, Vsquared Ventures
$20M2023-03-23	Alokai	Peter Specht, Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, Felix Capital, SquareOne, Mehmet Atici, Julien Codorniou
$22M2023-03-14	Healthplix	Lightspeed, Chiratae Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, Primary Venture Partners, Avataar Venture Partners
$40M2023-01-17	Photoneo	Taiwania Capital, Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital
$6M2023	Sikoia	Earlybird Venture Capital
$20M2023	Alokai	Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, Felix Capital, SquareOne, Movens Capital
$20M2023	Vue Storefront	Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, Felix Capital, SquareOne, Movens Capital
$6M2022-10-11	Payable	CRV, Earlybird Venture Capital, Rory Stirling, James Green, Tim Rehder
€48M2022-10-05	Gourmey	Point Nine Capital, Heartcore Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Instacart, Partech Africa, Bpifrance, Partech, Nathan Benaich, Alison Imbert
$—2022-09-26	workist	Earlybird Venture Capital, 468 Capital
$—2022-09-22	Tilt	Earlybird Venture Capital
$12M2022-09-05	Craft	Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, InReach Ventures
$25M2022-07-06	Celus	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest
$42M2022-06-16	Upvest	Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital, Notion Capital, Partech, Speedinvest, Charles Birnbaum, Alex Ferrara, Patrick Norris
$5M2022-03-23	Boom and Bucket	Founders Fund, 8VC, Earlybird Venture Capital, Human Ventures, Quiet Capital, Streamlined Ventures
$5M2022-03-23	Boom & Bucket	Founders Fund, 8VC, Quiet Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Human Ventures, Streamlined Ventures
$—2022-02-07	remberg	Earlybird Venture Capital, Fly Ventures, Speedinvest
$—2022-02-03	Marvel Fusion	Earlybird Venture Capital
$50M2022-02-02	Torii	Founders Fund, Earlybird Venture Capital, Octopus Ventures, Uncork Capital, Tiger Global Management, LLC, XYZ Venture Capital, Wing Venture Capital, Jake Flomenberg, Andy McLoughlin
$34M2022-01-27	MAYD	Lightspeed, Earlybird Venture Capital, 468 Capital, Target Global
$25M2022-01-11	MOSTLY AI	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022	HiveMQ	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022	Goodlegal	Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022	Parima	Point Nine Capital, Heartcore Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Bpifrance, Discovery Ventures, Eutopia
$61M2021-12-14	Carto	Accel, Earlybird Venture Capital
$10M2021-12-09	Deed	Y Combinator, Earlybird Venture Capital, Zacua Ventures, Uber Investments, WndrCo, Provenio Capital, David Clarke
$15M2021-10-14	MAYD	468 Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital
$93M2021-10-07	Getsafe	Earlybird Venture Capital
$80M2021-08-31	Oviva	Earlybird Venture Capital, Christoph Ruedig
$12M2021-08-09	Xayn AG	Earlybird Venture Capital
$75M2021-07-28	Isar Aerospace	HV Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Lakestar, Vsquared Ventures, Hendrik Brandis
$10M2021-07-14	Gourmey	Point Nine Capital, Heartcore Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Big Pi Ventures, Partech Africa, Eutopia, Partech, Sylvain Zimmer, Nathan Benaich, Alison Imbert
$2M2021-07-07	Edyoucated	Earlybird Venture Capital, Paul Klemm
$2M2021-04-15	Anari	Earlybird Venture Capital
$10M2021-02-22	Torii	Founders Fund, Wing Venture Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Octopus Ventures, Uncork Capital, XYZ Venture Capital
$91M2020-12-08	Isar Aerospace	Lakestar, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Vsquared Ventures
$30M2020-12-07	Getsafe	Earlybird Venture Capital
$9M2020-09-10	Curios Labs Limited	Earlybird Venture Capital, Cherry Ventures
$40M2020-02-05	Aiven	Earlybird Venture Capital, Hendrik Brandis
$—2020-01-31	SimScale	Earlybird Venture Capital
$21M2020-01-14	Oviva	AlbionVC, Earlybird Venture Capital, Partech
$40M2020	Polares Medical	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2019-10-16	CrossLend	Earlybird Venture Capital, Lakestar, Northzone
$—2019-09-05	ISTAR MEDICAL	Earlybird Venture Capital
$16M2019-08-28	Inkitt	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest, Redalpine, Kleiner Perkins, Xploration Capital, Notion Capital, Jan Miczaika, Eric Bovee, oliver holle, Harald Nieder
$170M2019-07-17	N26	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2019-06-05	Getsafe	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2019-02-13	Kreatize	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2019-01-07	Atlantic Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital
$50M2019	Hazelcast	Bain Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital One Ventures, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, C5 Capital
$153M2018-03-06	UI Path	Accel, Credo Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital
$25M2018	Polares Medical	Earlybird Venture Capital
$12M2017-09-28	Enevo	Earlybird Venture Capital
$10M2017-03-29	ShapeShift	Earlybird Venture Capital, Lakestar
$—2017	CrossEngage	Earlybird Venture Capital, Project A Ventures
$10M2016-07-06	Service Partner One	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2016	CrossEngage	Earlybird Venture Capital, Project A Ventures
$—2015-12-02	SimScale	Earlybird Venture Capital
$15M2015-07-03	Enevo	Earlybird Venture Capital
$15M2014-09-23	Traxpay	Earlybird Venture Capital
$8M2014-08	Enevo	Earlybird Venture Capital
$15M2014	B2X	Earlybird Venture Capital
$11M2014	Hazelcast	Bain Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
$11M2014	Hazelcast	Bain Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital One Ventures
$30M2013-11-01	6Wunderkinder	Sequoia, Earlybird Venture Capital, Atomico
$6M2013-07-17	EyeEm	Earlybird Venture Capital, Daniel Waterhouse
$6M2012-11-19	Socialbakers	Earlybird Venture Capital
$5M2011-05-25	Peak Games	Earlybird Venture Capital, Roland Manger
$2M2010	ubitricity	Earlybird Venture Capital
$20MUnknown date	Simr	Earlybird Venture Capital
$16MUnknown date	RapidMiner	Earlybird Venture Capital
$1MUnknown date	Pointee	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Perfuze	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Perfuze	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	ottonova	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	ottonova	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Oris	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Nfon	Earlybird Venture Capital
$8MUnknown date	Miss Moneypenny Technologies GmbH	Earlybird Venture Capital
$22MUnknown date	M^ZERO	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	koppla GmbH	Earlybird Venture Capital
$65MUnknown date	Haya Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Hakuna	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Hakuna	Earlybird Venture Capital
$45MUnknown date	Auctionata	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	ARIS MACHINA	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Arago	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Pillar	Y Combinator, Earlybird Venture Capital, Italian Founders Fund, Base10 Partners, Emblem
$—Unknown date	terralayr	Creandum, Norrsken VC, Earlybird Venture Capital, Picus Capital, RIVE Private Investment
€15M2026-07-09	QUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH	Earlybird Venture Capital, IQ Capital
$—2026-01-19	Terralayr AG	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2026	QUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH	Earlybird Venture Capital, IQ Capital
$—2024-10-23	Keel	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2024	Ceartas DMCA Ltd	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2023-07-12	Re-Fresh Global	Earlybird Venture Capital
$25M2023-04-18	Ariceum Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital, Christoph Massner
$17M2022-09-30	Everstores	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022-08-10	Junto	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022-06	Ariceum Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022-02-22	MyDataModels	Speedinvest, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2022	Freeverse	Earlybird Venture Capital
$2M2021-01-12	Energy Robotics Gmbh	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2020-12	MyDataModels	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest
$35M2020-10-12	Priothera Ltd.	Earlybird Venture Capital, Lionel Carnot
$—2019-12-04	ImCheck Therapeutics	Earlybird Venture Capital
$5M2019-10-25	Picus	Earlybird Venture Capital
$4M2019-08-06	DeepCode	b2venture, Earlybird Venture Capital, Peter Lasinger, Christian Nagel
$—2019	Minit	Earlybird Venture Capital, OTB Ventures
$14M2018-11-07	Fraugster	Earlybird Venture Capital, Speedinvest, oliver holle
$19M2017-10-25	Convargo	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2016-09-27	Bigchaindb	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—2009-10-08	BMEye	Earlybird Venture Capital
$23M2006-06	BridgeCo	Earlybird Venture Capital
$16M2004	BridgeCo	Benchmark, Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Workist GmbH	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Sense Biodetection	Earlybird Venture Capital
$10MUnknown date	Obilet	Earlybird Venture Capital
$40MUnknown date	Number26 GmbH	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	NFON AG	Earlybird Venture Capital
$—Unknown date	Hive Technologies	Earlybird Venture Capital
$12MUnknown date	Brightpick	Earlybird Venture Capital
$32MUnknown date	Axon Vascular Europe	Earlybird Venture Capital
$32MUnknown date	Axon Therapies	Earlybird Venture Capital

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